COL. STOREY: It shows who participated, and how they
went out into the Party ranks to bring others, but I will omit the rest
of the references to these other individuals.

THE PRESIDENT: But we have had ample evidence before, haven't we, as to
who formed the Reich Cabinet?

COL. STOREY: Yes, Sir. Well, I will skip the rest of the references to
other people who participated, and pass over to Page 23 of the record.
Before leaving these minutes and as indicative of the activities of the
Reichsregierung, I would like to direct the attention of the Tribunal to
some of the decrees passed and the minutes discussed at these meetings.
At the first meeting of 1 September 1939, 14 decrees were ratified by
the Council. Of this group I call the attention of the Tribunal to
Decree Number 6, appearing on Page 2 of the translation, and I quote:

THE PRESIDENT: I don't think you gave us the number, did you?

COL. STOREY: I beg your pardon, Sir. It is the Reichsgesetzblatt,
I, Page 1681, of which we ask the Tribunal to take judicial notice. That
decree was about the organization of the administration and about the
German Security Police in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. That
appears in the translation of 2852-PS. Another one that was passed is
dated 19 September 1938, on Page 6 of the translation; and I quote from
the bottom of the page:

"The Chairman of the Council, General
Field Marshal Göring made comments regarding the structure of
civil administration in the occupied Polish territory. He expressed
his intentions regarding the economic evacuation measures in this
territory. Then the questions of decreasing wages and the questions of
working hours and the support of members of families of drafted
workers were discussed."

There are a number of miscellaneous points of discussion appearing, and
in Paragraph 2 of the minutes I quote the following as it appears on
Page Number 7:

"The chairman directed that all
members of the Council regularly receive the situation reports of the
Reichsführer SS. Then the question of the population of the
future Polish Protectorate was discussed and the housing of Jews
living in Germany."

Finally,
I call the attention of the Tribunal to the minutes of the meeting of 15
November 1939, Page 10 of the translation, where, among other things,
the treatment of Polish prisoners of war was also discussed.

We submit that this document not only establishes the close working
union between agencies of the State and Party, especially